LIFE

In the Bible, is either natural, Ge 3:17; spiritual, that of the renewed soul, Ro 8:6; or eternal, a holy and blissful immortality, Joh 3:36 Ro 6:23. Christ is the great Author of natural life, Col 1:16; and also of spiritual and eternal life; Joh 14:6 6:47. He has purchased these by laying down his own life; and gives them freely to his people, Joh 10:11,28. He is the spring of all their spiritual life on earth, Ga 2:20; will raise them up at the last day; and make them partakers for ever of his own life, Joh 11:25 14:19.

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Life. Life
Generally of physical life (Gen. 2:7; Luke 16:25, etc.); also used figuratively (1) for immortality (Heb. 7:16); (2) conduct or manner of life (Rom. 6:4); (3) spiritual life or salvation (John 3:16, 17, 18, 36); (4) eternal life (Matt. 19:16, 17; John 3:15); of God and Christ as the absolute source and cause of all life (John 1:4; 5:26, 39; 11:25; 12:50).

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LIFE. → MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS
* Breath of Ge 2:7
* Called SPIRIT OF GOD Job 27:3
* Tree of Ge 2:9; 3:22,24; Pr 3:18; 13:12; Re 2:7

→ (SACREDNESS OF, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder)
* See HOMICIDE
* Long life promised to obedient children Ex 20:12; De 5:16
* To those who keep the commandments De 4:40; 22:7
* Vanity of Ec 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7
* Hated Ec 2:17
* To be hated for Christ's sake Lu 14:26
* What can a man give in exchange for Mt 16:26; Mr 8:37
* The one who loses it will save it Mt 10:39; 16:25,26; Lu 9:24; Joh 12:25
* Weary of
* Job Job 3; 7:1-3; 10:18-20
* Jeremiah Jer 20:14-18
* Elijah 1Ki 19:1-8
* Jonah Jon 4:8,9
* See SUICIDE
* Life of Christ, a ransom Mt 20:28; Mr 10:45; 1Ti 2:6
* See SPIRITUAL, below

→ BREVITY AND UNCERTAINTY OF Ge 18:27; 47:9; 1Sa 20:3; 2Sa 14:14; 1Ch 29:15; Job 4:19-21; 7:6-10,17; 8:9; 9:25,26; 10:9,20,21; 13:12,25,28; 14:1,2; 17:1; Ps 22:29; 39:4-6,11; 78:39; 89:47,48; 90:3,5,6,9,10; 102:11; 103:14-16; 144:3,4; 146:4; Pr 27:1; Ec 1:4; 6:12; Isa 2:22; 38:12; 40:6,7,24; 50:9; 51:8,12; 64:6; Jas 1:10,11; 4:14; 1Pe 1:24
* See DEATH

→ EVERLASTING Ps 21:4; 121:8; 133:3; Isa 25:8; Da 12:2; Mt 19:16-21,29; 25:46; Mr 10:30; Lu 18:18,30; 20:36; Joh 3:14-16; 4:14; 5:24,25,29,39; 6:27,40,47,50-58,68; 10:10,27,28; 12:25,50; 17:2,3; Ac 13:46,48; Ro 2:7; 5:21; 6:22,23; 1Co 15:53,54; 2Co 5:1; Ga 6:8; 1Ti 1:16; 4:8; 6:12,19; 2Ti 1:10; Tit 1:2; 3:7; 1Jo 2:25; 3:15; 5:11-13,20; Jude 1:21; Re 1:18
* See IMMORTALITY

→ FROM GOD Ge 2:7; De 8:3; 30:20; 32:39,40; 1Sa 2:6; Job 27:3; 34:14,15; Ps 22:29; 30:3; 68:20; 104:30; Ec 12:7; Isa 38:16-20; Ac 17:25-28; Ro 4:17; 1Ti 6:13; Jas 4:15 → LONG
* See LONGEVITY

→ SPIRITUAL Joh 3:3-16; 5:24-26,40; 6:27,33,35,40,47; 10:10; 11:25,26; 14:6; 17:2,3; 20:31; Ro 6:4,5,8,11,13,22,23; 8:10; 1Jo 1:1,2

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life. Life, n. animation, the state of an organized being while its functions are performed, whether animals or plants, the present state of existence, manner of living, energy, exact likeness, narrative of ones life

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Life (līf), n.; pl. Lives (līvz). [[AS. līf; akin to D. lijf body, G. leib body, MHG. līp life, body, OHG. līb life, Icel. līf, life, body, Sw. lif, Dan. liv, and E. live, v. √119. See Live, and cf. Alive.]] 1. 1. The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; — used of all animal and vegetable organisms.
2. 2. Of human beings: The union of the soul and body; also, the duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an immortal life.
She shows a body rather than a life. Shak. 3. 3. (Philos.) The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and coöperative functions; the vital force, whether regarded as physical or spiritual.
4. 4. Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government.
5. 5. A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc.; hence, human affairs; also, lives, considered collectively, as a distinct class or type; as, low life; a good or evil life; the life of Indians, or of miners.
That which before us lies in daily life. Milton. By experience of life abroad in the world. Ascham. Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime. Longfellow. 'T is from high life high characters are drawn. Pope 6. 6. Animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor; energy.
No notion of life and fire in fancy and in words. Felton. That gives thy gestures grace and life. Wordsworth. 7. 7. That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor; that upon which enjoyment or success depends; as, he was the life of the company, or of the enterprise.
8. 8. The living or actual form, person, thing, or state; as, a picture or a description from the life.
9. 9. A person; a living being, usually a human being; as, many lives were sacrificed.
10. 10. The system of animal nature; animals in general, or considered collectively.
Full nature swarms with life. Thomson. 11. 11. An essential constituent of life, esp. the blood.
The words that I speak unto you . . . they are life. John vi. 63. The warm life came issuing through the wound. Pope 12. 12. A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography; as, Johnson wrote the life of Milton.
13. 13. Enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God; heavenly felicity.
14. 14. Something dear to one as one's existence; a darling; — used as a term of endearment.
☞ Life forms the first part of many compounds, for the most part of obvious meaning; as, life-giving, life-sustaining, etc. Life annuity, an annuity payable during one's life. — Life arrow, Life rocket, Life shot, an arrow, rocket, or shot, for carrying an attached line to a vessel in distress in order to save life. — Life assurance. See Life insurance, below. — Life buoy. See Buoy. — Life car, a water-tight boat or box, traveling on a line from a wrecked vessel to the shore. In it persons are hauled through the waves and surf. — Life drop, a drop of vital blood. Byron. — Life estate (Law), an estate which is held during the term of some certain person's life, but does not pass by inheritance. — Life everlasting (Bot.), a plant with white or yellow persistent scales about the heads of the flowers, as Antennaria, and Gnaphalium; cudweed. — Life of an execution (Law), the period when an execution is in force, or before it expires. — Life guard. (Mil.) See under Guard. — Life insurance, the act or system of insuring against death; a contract by which the insurer undertakes, in consideration of the payment of a premium (usually at stated periods), to pay a stipulated sum in the event of the death of the insured or of a third person in whose life the insured has an interest. — Life interest, an estate or interest which lasts during one's life, or the life of another person, but does not pass by inheritance. — Life land (Law), land held by lease for the term of a life or lives. — Life line. (a) (Naut.) A line along any part of a vessel for the security of sailors. (b) A line attached to a life boat, or to any life saving apparatus, to be grasped by a person in the water. — Life rate, the rate of premium for insuring a life. — Life rent, the rent of a life estate; rent or property to which one is entitled during one's life. — Life school, a school for artists in which they model, paint, or draw from living models. — Life table, a table showing the probability of life at different ages. — To lose one's life, to die. — To seek the life of, to seek to kill. — To the life, so as closely to resemble the living person or the subject; as, the portrait was drawn to the life.